Edward Gillett, Southwicl^, Mass. -Hardy Ferns 
Hardy Ferns 
15 
The following collections are made up to help in selecting for special needs, and should 
be sent by express or freight 
If to be planted in beds, the height as given after each kind would indicate where 
it should go; if in beds where they are to be seen from all sides, the tall kinds in the 
center; but if in an angle of the house or wall, plant the taller kinds the farthest back, 
8 inches or a foot from the wall, and the smaller kinds in front. 
No. /, $5.00. For Open Sun Culture 
This collection is desirable for the open border, and all the Ferns, being rather tall, 
can be grown as single specimens or for massing, with or without dowers. 
(> Onoclea Struthiopteris, 2 to 4 ft. 24 Dicksonia punctilobula, 1 to 2 ft. 
0 Osmunda Claytoniana, 2 to 3 ft. d Asplenium Felix-fcemina, 2 to 3 ft. 
No. 2, $5.00, For Dry, Shady Places 
These Ferns will grow in a dry, shady place. Plant them where dowers, as a rule, 
do not thrive. 
12 Aspidium acrostichoides, 1 ft. 12 Dicksonia punctilobula, 1 to 2 ft. 
12 Aspidium marginale, 1 to 2 ft. (J Osmunda Claytoniana, 2 to 3 ft. 
No. 3, $5.00. For Moist, Shady Places 
This collection is fine and easily handled in moist, shady places; also for large 
rockery. 
() Adiantum pedatum, 1 ft. 
d Aspidium cristatum, 1 ft. 
() Aspidium acrostichoides, 1 ft. 
d Aspidium spinulosum, 1 to IJ ft. 
d Aspidium marginale, 1 to 2 ft. 
d Asplenium thelypteroides, 2 to 3 ft. 
d Asplenium Felix-fcemina, 2 to 3 ft. 
d Phegopteris hexagonoptera, 1 ft. 
d Woodwardia Virginica, 2 ft. 
No. 4, $5.00. For Wet, open Qround 
These Ferns are very useful for border of a lake or low, wet ground. 
12 Aspidium Thelypteris, 1 ft. 12 Osmunda regalis, 2 to 3 ft. 
12 Onoclea sensibilis, 1 ft. 12 Woodwardia Virginica, 2 ft. 
No. 5, $5.00. Loy\) Evergreen Ferns for Rockery in Shade 
This is a beautiful collection of low-growing Ferns and easily managed. 
12 Asplenium ebeneum, 6 to 15 in. 12 Polypodium vulgare, 4 to 10 in. 
12 Asplenium Trichomanes, 3 to 6 in. Woodsia obtusa, 6 to 12 in, 
12 Camptosorus rhizophyllus, 4 to 9 in. 
No. 6, $5.00. Low Evergreen Ferns for Dry, Rocky Ledge 
12 Asplenium Trichomanes, 3 to 6 in. 12 Polypodium vulgare, 4 to 10 in. 
12 Woodsia obtusa, 6 to 12 in. 12 Woodsia Ilvensis, 6 in. 
ONE-HALF OF ANY ONE OF THE ABOVE COLLECTIONS FOR S3 
You will notice that some kinds are named in more than one collection. 'SilCh 
seem to thrive equally well in the localities named. 
